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This live album and concert film were greeted as revelations when they surfaced in ’96. Not only do we have the Stones with Brian Jones here, eight months before his death, but also long-lost performances by the Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, the slapped-together supergroup Dirty Mac (John Lennon, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton and Mitch Mitchell), Yoko Ono, Jethro Tull…all captured at a North London studio in December 1968. These amazing documents return here in hi-res audio on 2 CDs or three 180-gram vinyl LPs; spontaneity and the communal spirit of the times dominate the proceedings as you hear the original release plus newly discovered material and never-before-released performances: "A Quick One While He’s Away" the Who, "Ain’t That a Lot of Love," "Checkin’ Up on My Baby" Taj Mahal, "Something Better" Marianne Faithfull, "Yer Blues" (two performances), "Revolution" (rehearsal) Dirty Mac, "Song for Jeffrey" Jethro Tull (lip-synched), some beautiful classical pieces played by Julius Katchen and, of course, the Stones, doing "Jumpin’ Jack Flash," "Parachute Woman," "No Expectations," "You Can’t Always Get What You Want," "Sympathy for the Devil," "Salt of the Earth" and more. You’ll see a stunning 4K restoration of the film on the DVD/Blu-Ray (first time on Blu-Ray), and the deluxe expanded edition containing the 2 CDs and the restored film on DVD and Blu-Ray comes in a perfect-bound hardcover book with a super-slick foldout gatefold design. You’ll encounter photos and essays from ’68 plus a video interview with Pete Townshend…it’s quite a prize not just for Stones fans, but for Who fans, those who dig Taj (his performances here are killer) and everyone else who’d enjoy this vivid, precious snapshot of all these artists together for one time in late ’68! Dolby Atmos sound Abkco.